US companies are going to keep hiring foreign tech workers, even as the Trump administration makes doing so more difficult. For a number of US companies that means expanding their operations in Canada, where hiring foreign nationals is much easier. From a report: Demand for international workers remained high this year, according to a new Envoy Global survey of more than 400 US hiring professionals, who represent big and small US companies and have all had experience hiring foreign employees. So... Tags: Amazon, US, Tech, Canada, Trump, Google Facebook, Envoy Global

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Best Buy is discounting a range of products for its 3 Day Tax Day Sale, including the iPhone XS and XS Max, a few MacBook Pro laptops, a Toshiba TV, and more.
If you're in the market for a new tech product, it's well-worth looking th... Tags: Apple, Amazon, Trends, Best Buy, Sprint, Toshiba, Macbook Pro, Alexa, Insider Inc, Toshiba TV

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Apple has several iPad models in its tablet lineup, including a few iPad Pro, iPad Mini, and iPad Air models.
We break down the prices for every iPad you can buy online to answer the question: How much does an iPad cost?
Although t... Tags: Apple, Amazon, Trends, Insider Inc

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The Big Units
The first Pac-12 game of the NCAA Tournament saw Arizona State beat St. John’s Thursday night. But let’s address the scoreboard that matters most to the nine Pac-12 teams not involved in March Madness.
That would be the NCAA units, of course.
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The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
I read William Gibson's Neuromancer for the first time in 1985. I bought a copy at the San Francisco State University bookstore (Carla was attending college there and I was working at Memorex/Burrough in nearby Santa Clara as a mechanical engineer) after we went to a talk by Timothy Leary and he raved about it.
It's probably safe to say that without Neuromancer, Carla and I might not have ever started the bOING bOING zi... Tags: Amazon, Post, News, Cyberpunk, William Gibson, Santa Clara, Carla, San Francisco State University, Timothy Leary, Memorex Burrough, Neuromancer Carla

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This week Brian Heater, fresh off a trip to Pittsburgh to visit a handful of robotics companies, led a discussion about the current state of robotics and how startups are integrating the machines into our lives. When it comes to our home lives, we really only have the Roomba, that circular disc that moves about our floors on its own sweeping up the dust and ... Tags: Amazon, Tech, Walmart, Staten Island, Pittsburgh, Sxsw, Rosie, Brian Heater, Rep Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Amazon Heater

More than a dozen current and former pilots who fly for Amazon Air told Business Insider about a culture of overwork and underpay at their employers, which contract air services to Amazon.
ABX, ATI, and Atlas pilots, who fly your Amazon Prime packages, all make considerably less than pilots at other cargo airlines, including FedEx and UPS.
"Amazon is doing everything possible to keep their shipping expense low because it's ballooning," one analyst told Business Insider.
The pilots who ... Tags: Amazon, US, Trends, Walmart, Amazon Prime, UPS, Atlas, Boeing, Fedex, Ati, Abx, Mercedes Benz, ATSG, AMZN, Alpa, National Mediation Board

Amazon.com has been beta testing its in-house made ads on Apple's iOS platform for several months, Bloomberg reported Thursday, in a move that is described as ecommerce giant's growing efforts to grab a chunk of the $129 billion digital advertising market that is currently dominated by Google and Facebook. Bloomberg's report added that Amazon plans to introduce a similar ad product on Google's Android platform later this year. From the report: Amazon has emerged as a fast-growing challenger in t... Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tech, Bloomberg, US Amazon, Facebook Bloomberg

When it's allergy season, a good air purifier is a must-have for sufferers. The Coway Mighty air purifier (now on sale from Amazon) is one of the best, greatly improving the air quality inside your home by removing dust, dander, pollen, and other contaminants.
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AeroGardens can grow up to six plants at one time. The plants grow in water, not soil, so you never have the mess of outdoor gardening in your clean home. This method allows the plants to grow five times faster than if they were planted in soil.
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